Oiling device for vertical shafts.



F. W. KROGH. OILING DEVlCE FOR VERTlCM. SHAFTS.

APPLICATION \F|LED DEC. 2. 19%2.

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WITNESSES NVENTF- ATTQRNEY.

F, W. KROGH.

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FERDINAND W. KROGH, QF SAN FRNCSCQ, GLKFQRN.

. @BLING DEVICE 'FOR VERTGAL Original application filed Hatch ld 1912,

Specification 0I Letters Patent.

To ZZ 'whom may ce2-noem:

Ivyfmvention relates to deep Weii pumps,

and has for is objects o provide in devices f or that dass new andimproved means for iubrlcaing the shaftbesrmgs thereof, and ersavmg theell after 15; has been 'used for 'that purpose; and aisonew and improvedmeans rer protecting sani bearings fromv grit andres-nd, the same heiligespeciiiy appicabie to rosry pumpssof the character ser. forth' in myepplieatiox for a Unie StatesAY Paen, numbered 'f, filed and adjeeei;pars; Fig.

March 14, 19112, deep Weii pumjgs, of'whieh this is e difisionaiapplication' Vith the above objecs in View, myy inves tion consists inone or more bearings loser/eri at sutebie peinis along Athe she, keringpassages fer conveying oiito the bearing sursess, in combinar-ion wih erotary shaft supported in said bearingsLand e pipe for carrying oii tosai passages.

t aise ecosiss in s rotary shaft, one or more bearings ioeaed atsuitabie points along rile shaft, supporting said sii-oft, havingpassages for conveying oii to 'the bear ing surfaces, a pipe forcarrying oii "so seid passages, and en oii pump for compressing oil orother lubricant, into seid passage.

it also Consists in a rotary shaft, erle or more bearings ioeeaed` etsuitable points along said shaft, herring passeges for corr Veyi-ng oiito the bearing surfaces, a pipe for carrying oil to seici passages, ashaft easing for causing vmer i0 Cenvey the Weste oil io the iop,thereby saving'same, and a @y z for f disehnrging the oil so conveyed.

t also eonsiss'iri the combinationwitii a rotary pump having aerei meansfer proteeing he bearing surfaces from grit and sand. f,

v t aise consists in the novei paris, lcomisinations and arrangementsset forth. iii the foiiowing cieseription, partieuia-rly peinte@ out'inthe claims and iiiustr'ateci in the accompanying hree sheets of drawing,ef Whieh- Figure l is s verticali, central seciionsi View of the pumpmechanism at ehe botom of a rotary pump piani: for deep Weils, showingthe pninpgfoJi-'pse7-chenneled bearings,

et smi meer rile @iep of s reiter? pien, showing eneo the inerm. ,frings, the eil pipe, elisir, shsf easing, pump, smi discharge e'riee fromiie s easing; is an esi-urged' Veriiesi Lionel Trieur o' the bearing'shown in and Fig, is s horizonei seerieei View saidV bearing teken sloeglines eme. Figs The same-symbei ef reference same peri iii WhicheverView sei@ Deseriiegi 1m31 imfemion and sirinrgsf iis mes-ss for #ne she'besrngs, pumps recare-.riv se he ieu/er es Beer-ings 3 ereeeee f uorzgthe 'Wel sepporemg 1 wel previ e. jfsse eonveymg he mi heering;

aand SnapperV n communie-eres e' fr o in Ihre v source of sii supplveseiision pipes 'les 'of rile bearings 3. oii is conveyed roegh pipe 16Hor-euer ersion pipes S to ehe bearing surfr tween ehe sheii l ami iieee ring compression en jump Wif through seid passages Wih W- suremaj/iss riesir .e rom tiie ,sump

beied, hreugil arms i2 from 13, which carr'es 2oussiiw li, iii-e ofwhich engages fue shaft i. i

or more ei' ise arms l2 is s i5 communion ies at eue enel with the exis8 of?, fue oii pipe (3, er se he oiher through mei-'niger 13, io bushingor z ing 3, where it 'branches ir@ and iemis io the bearing surface oisAMA L l 'bushing er bearin.

As to the mee-ns for smirig the Waste oi?. the siiet easinglexens fromshe serio; to hetep oi ehe Weii, en is preride r: iniei-s orhe bearingsshore ieserieei 5.2i the member 13 of saiei bearings are eperuw .7 whichsiow Weier from ierage or si is Wise io pass freei'y inside ire sim';from ehe bestem t@ ehe sop; end e lighter than Weiter, es @le Wese oiipa bearing 3 'are contracted at their upper end from the bearingsurfaces, it leaks iiitoth'- water in shaft casing '16, 'passing'throughthe apertures' 17, anduprthrough lthe water to the surface, whence itisdrained off by the passage 18 and cock 1,9.

' Considering now the novel means for protectingthe bearings from gritand sand,

I fix `to the shaft l above each of the bear ings a member 20, having vadownwardly,

y cure by United States Letters Patent is port the same,

opposite said bearings, passages 1n said bear-A l. In a device of thecharacter specified,

"` a rotary shaft, bearings located at suit-able points along said shaftand adapted to s'upannular grooves on said shaft vings for conveying oilto said grooves and the bearing surfaces, a pipe for conveying oil tosaid nassages, a pump for supplying oil or other lubricantundercompression in said pipe, a casing located along saidA shaft adapted toreceive waste oil and means in said casing for raising said waste' oilto the 1 top of said casing and discharging it therefrom.

2. 'In a device of the character specied, a rotary shaft, bearingslocated at suitable I points along said` shaft having passages forconveying oil to the bearing surfaces, 'a p ipe for conveying oil tosaid passages, a caslng around said shaft and connected to said bearingsadapted to receive Waste oil and means for Iraising said Waste oil tothe top of said casing and discharging it therefrom.

3. In a device'of the character specified, bearings located at suitablepoints, having passages for conveying oil to the bearing surfaces, apipe for conveying oil tosaid passages, and a shaft casing for inclosmga column of water adapted to raise the waste oil to the top. y

4. In a 'device of the characterspecied,

a rotary shaft, bearings located at suitable points along said shaft andsupporting the. "same, having passages for conveying oil to the bearingsurfaces, a pipe for con'eying A oil to said passages, to be filledivith Water for raising the waste oil to the top,and a passage fordischarging the Waste oil. y

5. In a device of the character specified,

a rotary shaft, a bearing for saidv shaft, a passage connected to saidbearing for conveying oil to the surface thereof, a pipe for conveyingoil to said passage, anda casing around'said shaft adapted to 'containwater to raise waste oil to l,the top thereof and to discharge saidlWaste oil therefrom.A

a shaft casing adapted' In testimony that I claim 4the foregoing Nov.,1912', inthe presence of Witnesses.

` I FERDINAND Witnesses: l

EMILY l/VILDER, D.- B. Rormnns.

W. KROGH.

4I have hereto set my hand this 25 day of

